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Oilfield services provider Petrofac has been selected by Hartshead Resources to conduct an engineering study to define the Phase I offtake route from its Somerville and Anning gas fields in the Southern North Sea.

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has awarded a contract to CHC Helicopters for offshore transport services in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.

Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an appraisal well in the North Sea off Norway. The drilling work is expected to be carried out using one of Odfjell Drilling’s rigs.

UK-headquartered and AIM-listed oil and gas company i3 Energy has started drilling an appraisal well in the North Sea with a Stena Drilling-owned rig in a bid to find additional volumes of hydrocarbons beyond those encountered in the original discovery well.

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has hired Well-Safe Solutions, an Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider, to undertake a decommissioning campaign covering more than 20 wells in the Dutch and UK sectors of the North Sea.

UK-based independent oil and gas company Parkmead Group has secured approval to drill a high-impact well on the Skerryvore prospects in the UK Central North Sea. This will be Parkmead’s first operated exploration well.

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received offers for production licences from 26 companies for further exploration activity on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) as part of the Award in Pre-Defined Areas 2022 (APA 2022).

UK-based oil and gas company Tailwind Energy has started production from its field in the UK Central North Sea ahead of schedule.

Spanish oil and gas company Repsol has been forced once again to temporarily shut down its Yme field located in the North Sea offshore Norway due to technical issues.